Kowloon's markets, north to south
From the Bird Garden through Goldfish Street and the Ladies' Market to Temple Street Night Market: birds, sneakers, jade and neon. A flat, crowded 3.5 km walk with market breaks; start mid-afternoon to end after dark.
Route
Yuen Po Street Bird Garden
Centuries-old songbird market where Cantonese men bring caged birds for their daily "walk" amid handcrafted bamboo cages.
Flower Market Road
Bustling street lined with over a hundred flower shops, famous for its predawn wholesale trade and Lunar New Year blooms.
Goldfish Street
Mong Kok pet-fish street where hundreds of shops sell live fish in hanging plastic bags.
Sneakers Street
Street transformed from a flower-garden district into the world's densest sneaker retail strip.
Ladies' Market
Outdoor street market spanning one kilometer, famed for bargaining on clothing, accessories, and souvenirs.
Nathan Road
Kowloon's main thoroughfare, once dubbed a folly, that became Hong Kong's neon-lit Golden Mile.
Yaumatei Tin Hau Temple
Five-temple complex built on a nineteenth-century fishing waterfront, now landlocked three kilometres from the sea.
Yau Ma Tei Jade Hawker Bazaar
Covered bazaar of four hundred stalls trading jade, jadeite, and gemstones under a Kowloon flyover.
Temple Street Night Market
Bustling open-air night market famed for street food, fortune tellers, and live Cantonese opera.